A stash of beautiful cinema posters dating from the 1930s and 40s that were used as a makeshift carpet underlay have sold at auction for £72,000.
Ben Rogers Jones of the auction house Rogers Jones & Co of Penarth said: “A lot of the film poster collections we see are 1960s and onwards.
“We had a lot of interest and all the posters sold, mostly to the US,” said Rogers Jones.
The builders found the posters in 1985 but, wisely as it turned out, held on to them until now.
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